Archive
The British jazz explosion: meet the musicians rewriting the rulebook, Observer New Review
Kim Deal of The Breeders: ‘I’m intrigued by failure’, The Guardian
Nadine Shah: ‘You don’t sweat the small stuff when you nearly die’,
The Guardian
Nancy Sinatra interview, The Independent
Rosalía: The Pop Star Bringing Flamenco to a New Generation, The New York Times
Jon Hopkins: ‘I can offer this inner-looking experience’, The Financial Times
Charli XCX: on the cusp of pop stardom, The Guardian
Madlib interview, The Guardian
Madonna, drugs and helicopter-trained dogs: the dark, starry life of William Orbit, The Guardian
Brian Eno and David Byrne, The Guardian
Femi and Made Kuti, Observer New Review
Bettye LaVette: ‘James Brown would have fired Kanye West 12 times’,
The Guardian
Lido Pimienta: ‘Living in my skin is an act of revolution’, WePresent
Sam Fender: “I don’t want to cling onto the ‘class hero’ thing”, Observer New Review
Kamasi Washington, figurehead of the new jazz revival, Observer New Review
Making sounds with Suzanne Ciani, America’s first female synth hero,
The Guardian
Selected Profiles
Feminist Rap Group in Iceland Looks Abroad After Making a Stir at Home, The New York Times
3rdEyeGirl on Prince, ping pong and women in music who ‘treat their bodies like meat’, The Guardian
Pongo Turns Her Struggles Into Pop, The New York Times
Meet J Balvin, Latin America’s answer to Drake, The Guardian
‘Son of Immigrants, Black and Gay’: A D.J. Breaks Barriers in France,
The New York Times
Mark Ronson interview: ‘Self-deprecation can seem like a false character trait to make you endearing’,
The Independent
Boy Better Know with Skepta and JME, The Guardian
Sarathy Korwar: Beyond the Stereotypes, a New View of Indian Music, The New York Times
Caribou interview, The Sunday Times
Fat White Family Is Trying To Start A Rebellion, Messily, The New York Times
Johnny Borrell doesn’t care what you think about Razorlight. Or does he?, The Independent
Mike Skinner: The World On The Street, Mr Porter
Moses Sumney: ‘I have an obsession with loneliness, singledom, isolation’, Observer New Review
Sho Madjozi’s Mixed Up, Pan-African Rap, The New York Times
Master blaster: the woman making Björk, Aphex Twin and Eno sound so good – Mandy Parnell interview, The Guardian
Lightning-fast pianist Lubomyr Melnyk: ‘When I play I turn into an eagle flying’, The Guardian
Arca: ‘Nothing is off limits emotionally’, The Guardian Guide
Kelis: from dance diva to soul queen and qualified cook,
The Guardian Guide
Benga: ‘Nobody wants to come clean, let alone an artist’, The Guardian
More music
A Love Letter To Infinite Possibilities, The Stack
Afrobeats: music’s next big thing, The Sunday Times
Inside Ecuador’s burgeoning electronic music scene, Mixmag
‘This cuts across society’: how singeli music went from Tanzania to the world, The Guardian
Nyege Nyege Festival: an African electronic utopia at the source of the River Nile, Mixmag and The Wire
A Sweaty Night Out in London’s New Jazz Scene, The New York Times
Remembering Trash: the London club night that defined the rock’n’rave era, The Guardian
Last dance: how London’s after-hours clubbing scene finally faded out, The Guardian
DJ Sprinkles: ‘Music is the least interesting thing about clubs’, Guardian Guide
DJ Harvey: ‘Good artists borrow, great artists steal’, Guardian Guide
Nídia Is Bringing the Sound of Lisbon’s Ghettos to the World, The New York Times
Meet the Spanish musicians ripping up the rulebook, WePresent
Club and scene pieces
Behind the scenes at the Oscars 2022, The Guardian
Idris Elba: ‘As an actor I’m always reading someone else’s thoughts. What about my own thoughts?’, Guardian Guide
James Van Der Beek: ‘I lived in fear of teenage girls’, The Guardian
Johnny Flynn is not here to mansplain, Mr Porter
Diablo Cody on Tully – and the Juno backlash, The Guardian
What the Womad visa fiasco tells us about live music in Brexit Britain, The Guardian
The Lijadu Sisters obituary, The Guardian
Tony Allen: the Afrobeat maverick who blazed a trail across the globe, The Guardian
Film, television and arts